Needs to be Cornwall related with a youth or gender angle…
Some of you may know that I am a sometimes columnist for the West Briton. I’ve had three pieces out since December last year. All have been rather ranty and depressing, but that’s a sign of the times we live in.
Now, I’m not asking you to write a column for me. But I’m having problems deciding between ideas I’ve had. So I need help on picking a theme/idea. I might add that I have to get in a sort of Cornwall angle, while at the same time making the issue related to gender and/or youth.
Here’s my ideas so far:
- Where’s my role models? – A look at the lack of role models in Britain today for girls and women that aren’t focused on their looks, taking in the scary notion that a character like the Black Widow in Avengers Assemble could be a better role model than Katie Price. Maybe bringing in a shout out to Cornwall Graphic Novel Group.
- Please stop the racism - A story of my encounter with a taxi driver who is fed-up with people being horrible to him, just because he’s not British, though has every right to work in this country and importantly – in this county. How the treatment of this man fills we with apprehension as to how adults set an example to children in these matters.
- This country is acting like monsters to those who need compassion - An examination of how hatred towards benefit claimants and the disabled has seemingly overrun our country in the last five years. Taking in thoughts that the country is quickly becoming a place that people like my late grandfather would not recognise.
That’s all I’ve got at the moment. Two of these ideas are obviously time sensitive.
Any thoughts, peeps?
As a person who hates racism & Race as it is commonly known, I will have to go with #2.
I am one of those weird people who thinks that we Humans are one Race/Species/Breed/Whatever as far as I know scientifically, and that Race as it is currently known is just a social construct (like a social group, an ethnic group, et cetera) & too many people make it out to be more than it really is.
And even if I am wrong and even if us Humans have different Races/Breeds/Species, then I still do not see the big deal & I see no reason why we can not work/live together, and I still hate racism.
I do not identify as any so called Race or Ethnic Group, but I see why some people would want to be part of a social group that they feel close to & I think that they should have that right, but I hate when people use that as an unnecessary/incorrect form of division and/or when they think that Race/Ethnic Group represent a different Race/Species/Breed when we all are really one Species as far as I know scientifically.
Racism and Race topics can get complex/confusing since many people blend the ideas of what Race really is, to them it is usually Physical & Social, and used to create unnecessary divisions in the way they think/believe/behave/see the world & others/et cetera.
Anyway, good luck deciding on what to write about Mrs. Emily.
http://www.aaanet.org/stmts/racepp.htm
Did you ever pick a topic to write about?
I wrote about roles models for girls and women in the end.
Interesting, thank you for responding.